BILL NUMBER: SB 1666	CHAPTERED  07/05/00

	CHAPTER   70
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 5, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 5, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 15, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 15, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 15, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 14, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Alarcon and Johannessen
   (Coauthors:  Senators Alpert, Chesbro, Costa, Figueroa, Hughes,
Murray, O'Connell, Ortiz, Perata, Polanco, Sher, Solis, Schiff, and
Soto)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Aroner, Campbell, Cardoza,
Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Davis, Ducheny, Dutra, Gallegos, Hertzberg,
Honda, Jackson, Keeley, Longville, Lowenthal, Machado, Mazzoni,
Nakano, Reyes, Romero, Scott, Shelley, Steinberg, Strom-Martin,
Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Washington, Wiggins, and Zettel)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2000

   An act to amend Sections 24216.5, 44386, 44395, 44396, 69532,
69612, 69612.5, 69613, 69613.1, 69613.5, 69613.6, 69614, 69615.4, and
69615.6 of, to amend and renumber Section 44397 of, to add Chapter
3.36 (commencing with Section 44735) and Chapter 3.44 (commencing
with Section 44751) to Part 25 of, to add Article 21 (commencing with
Section 70000) to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of, and to repeal Sections
69613.3 and 69613.55 of, the Education Code, relating to teachers,
and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1666, Alarcon.   Teachers:  recruitment and incentives.
   (1) Existing law exempts a member of the State Teachers'
Retirement System who is retired for service from certain limitations
on the amount of compensation the member may earn for performing
certain creditable activities without suffering a reduction in his or
her retirement allowance if the member is employed to mitigate the
effects of teacher shortages attributable to recent class size
reduction legislation affecting kindergarten and grades 1 to 3,
inclusive.
   This bill would instead, commencing in the 2000-01 school year,
exempt a member who retired for service effective January 1, 2000,
and is employed to provide direct classroom instruction to pupils in
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, or to provide
support to new teachers, individuals completing student teaching
assignments or participating in the Preinternship Teaching Program,
an alternative certification program, or the School Paraprofessional
Teacher Training Program.
   (2) Existing law provides incentive grant funding to school
districts and county offices of education that operate or propose to
operate an alternative certification program and limits the amount of
a grant to $1,500 per intern per year.
   This bill would increase the maximum amount of a grant to $2,500.

   (3) Existing law establishes the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards Certification Incentive Program to provide
one-time $10,000 merit awards to teachers who are employed by school
districts or charter schools, are assigned to teach in the public
schools, and have attained certification from the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards.
   This bill would provide an additional $20,000 to the recipient if
the teacher agrees to teaching for 4 years in a low-performing school
and would define a low-performing school as one that is in the
bottom half of all schools based on the Academic Performance Index.
   (4) Existing law requires the establishment and operation of a
resource center that collects and maintains information regarding
programs that encourage or assist military personnel, upon
retirement, to enter the teaching profession.  Existing law
establishes the California School Paraprofessional Teacher Training
Program to recruit paraprofessionals to participate in a program
designed to encourage them to enroll in teacher training programs and
to provide instructional service as teachers in the public schools.
Existing law establishes the Science, Mathematics, and Technology
Teacher Pipeline Program to identify, support, and assist elementary,
secondary, and postsecondary students to become teachers of science,
mathematics, or technology.  Existing law establishes the California
Center on Teaching Careers to recruit individuals into the teaching
profession.
   This bill would establish the Teaching As A Priority Block Grant,
to be administered by the State Department of Education, to award
block grants to school districts to provide incentives to attract
credentialed teachers to be employed and retained in low-performing
schools.
   This bill would also establish the Teacher Recruitment Initiative
Program, to be administered by the Sacramento County Office of
Education.  The Sacramento County Office of Education would award, by
January 1, 2001, up to 6 grants on a competitive basis to consortia
to operate regional recruitment centers that would focus on
recruiting teachers to low-performing schools, especially those with
a teaching staff that has more than 20% emergency permitholders.  The
bill would require the Sacramento County Office of Education to
provide statewide oversight and technical assistance for regional
recruitment centers.
   (5) Existing law establishes an Assumption Program of Loans for
Education under which an applicant enrolled in a participating
institution of postsecondary education, or an applicant who agrees to
participate in a teacher trainee or teacher internship program, and
who further agrees to obtain a teaching credential in subject areas
that are designated as current or projected shortage areas or to
provide classroom instruction in schools that serve large populations
of pupils from low-income families, serve rural areas, or have a
high percentage of teachers holding emergency permits, is eligible to
receive a conditional warrant for loan assumption, to be redeemed
pursuant to a prescribed procedure upon becoming employed as a
teacher. Existing law requires an applicant to enroll in at least 10
semester units or the equivalent.  Existing law sets aside 40% of the
warrants for applicants who agree to obtain teaching credentials in
any subject area and to teach in schools that serve large populations
of pupils from low-income families and 60% of the warrants for
applicants who agree to obtain a teaching credential in a subject
area that is currently or is projected to be a shortage area.
   This bill would also make an applicant enrolled in a participating
institution of postsecondary education or an applicant who agrees to
participate in a teacher trainee or teacher internship program, and
who further agrees to teach in a low-performing school, as defined,
eligible for a warrant.  The bill would require an applicant to be
enrolled on at least a half-time basis rather than 10 semester units
and would eliminate the set-asides.  The bill would require the
Student Aid Commission to reexamine its outreach and marketing
strategies relative to the program.
   (6) Existing law requires the annual distribution of 500 warrants
under the Assumption Program of Loans for Education for the
recruitment of out-of-state teachers.
   This bill would instead authorize the distribution of warrants
without reference to the number of warrants to be distributed.
   (7) Existing law requires the annual distribution of a minimum of
2,000 of the warrants under the Assumption Program of Loans for
Education to applicants who agree to obtain a teaching credential in
mathematics or science and 50 warrants to project centers of the
Science, Mathematics, and Technology Teacher Pipeline Program for
participants in that program.
   This bill would delete these provisions.
   (8) Existing law requires the distribution for the 1999-2000
school year of a maximum 5,500 student loans for participants of the
Assumption Program of Loans for Education.  Notwithstanding this
maximum, existing law requires the issuing of warrants in a quantity
determined by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act for the
assumption of student loans for applicants who agree to teach in
rural schools and schools with a high percentage of teachers holding
emergency permits.
   This bill would increase the maximum number of student loans to
6,500 and would require the issuing of warrants in a quantity
determined by the Governor and Legislature in the annual Budget Act
for the assumption of student loans regardless of the eligibility
category of the applicant, but would allow a set-aside of 100
warrants for applicants who agree to teach in school districts
serving rural areas.
   (9) Existing law establishes Cal Grant T awards as a state
educational opportunity grant program under which Cal Grant T awards
are made to students who have completed a baccalaureate degree and
are admitted to a program of professional teacher preparation for
tuition and student fees for a maximum of one academic year of
full-time attendance at a program of professional teacher preparation
and the Assumption Program of Loans for Education described in
paragraphs (6) to (9), inclusive, above.
   This bill would require the California Student Aid Commission to
report, as specified, on the number of Cal Grant T award recipients
that become public school teachers.
   The bill would also establish the Governor's Teaching Fellowship
Program to be administered by the Chancellor's office of the
California State University and under which $20,000 nonrenewable
graduate teaching fellowships would be awarded to graduate students
who agree to teach at a low-performing school for 4 years.  The
fellowships would be used to defer tuition and living expenses for a
teacher certification program at any accredited postsecondary
institution in California.  The bill would establish an
intersegmental review committee to review all fellowship
applications.
   (10) This bill would become operative only if SB 1330 is
chaptered.
   (11) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (1) California is facing a teacher shortage for the foreseeable
future.  It is estimated that in the next 10 years 300,000 new
teachers will be needed to fill vacancies caused by teacher attrition
and pupil growth.  The state has increased its capacity to train
teachers since 1997 when class size reduction exacerbated existing
shortages.  Yet, even with the number of teachers being trained on
the rise, the number of individuals who immediately enter the
classroom after being prepared is estimated to be as low as 50
percent.  Left untapped, this pool of trained teachers who are not
teaching represents a wasted investment of state resources.  In
addition, retired teachers are discouraged from reentering the
profession due to postretirement earnings limitations.
   (2) Low-performing schools with a history of having high teacher
turnover and inexperienced staff need more qualified teachers to
substantially improve pupil achievement.  While no one approach will
likely meet the challenge of attracting and retaining individuals
into hard-to-staff schools, financial incentives ought to be an
important element in any effective strategy.
   (3) Attracting qualified teachers to low-performing schools
necessitates that these schools make the hiring of fully credentialed
staff a high priority.
   (4) Ultimately, school districts are responsible for setting the
standard for the quality of teachers that they employ.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to
accomplish the following:
   (1) Provide financial incentives to attract fully credentialed
teachers to teach in low-performing schools, to reduce school
districts' reliance on emergency permits by rewarding schools that
hire credentialed teachers in appropriate assignments.  The
incentives are designed both to recruit qualified teachers to
hard-to-staff schools and to provide low-performing schools with some
additional discretionary moneys.
   (2) Dissuade school districts, even under the most difficult
circumstances, from hiring teachers who hold emergency permits by
holding a district accountable through a system of incentives and
penalties that obliges school districts to consistently reduce the
number of emergency permit teachers it employs.
   (3) Provide incentives and support for individuals who pursue
traditional and alternative routes to teacher certification through a
teaching fellowship, more accessible college loan assumption, and
enhanced teaching internships.
  SEC. 2.  Section 24216.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   24216.5.  (a) The compensation earned by a member who retired for
service under this part shall be exempt from subdivisions (d), (f),
and (g) of Section 24214, if all of the following conditions are met:

   (1) The member retired for service with an effective date on or
before January 1, 2000.
   (2) The member retired for service is employed by a school
district to provide any of the following:
   (A) Direct classroom instruction to pupils enrolled in
kindergarten or any grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
   (B) Support and assessment for new teachers through the Beginning
Teacher Support and Assessment program authorized by Section 44279.1.

   (C) Support to individuals completing student teaching
assignments.
   (D) Support to individuals participating in the following
programs:
   (i) Pre-Internship Teaching Program authorized pursuant to Article
5.6 (commencing with Section 44305) of Chapter 2 of Part 25.
   (ii) Alternative certification programs authorized pursuant to
Article 11 (commencing with Section 44380) of Chapter 2 of Part 25.
   (iii) School Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program established
pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 44390) of Chapter 2
of Part 25.
   (3) All members retired for service whose employment with a school
district meets the conditions specified in this section shall be
treated as a distinct class of temporary employees within the
existing bargaining unit whose service shall not be included in
computing the service required as a prerequisite to attainment of or
eligibility for classification as a permanent employee of a school
district.  The compensation for service performed by this class of
employees shall be established in accordance with subdivision (b) of
Section 24214 and agreed to in the collective bargaining agreement
between the employing school district and the exclusive
representative for the existing bargaining unit within which these
temporary employees of the school district are treated as a distinct
class.
   (4) The employing school district submits documentation required
by the system to substantiate the eligibility of the temporary
employment of a member retired for service for the exemption under
this subdivision.
   (b) A school district that employs a member retired for service
pursuant to this section shall maintain accurate records of the
retired member's compensation earned and shall report that
compensation monthly to the system regardless of the method of
payment or the source of funds from which the compensation is paid.
   (c) This section shall not apply to the compensation earned for
creditable service performed by a member retired for service for a
community college district.
   (d) The amendments made to this section by an act enacted in the
second year of the 1999-2000 Regular Session shall apply to the
2000-01 school year and all subsequent school years.
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2005,
and as of that date is repealed unless a later enacted statute which
is enacted before July 1, 2005, deletes or extends that date.
  SEC. 3.  Section 44386 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   44386.  (a) From funds appropriated for the purposes of this
article, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall award
incentive grants to qualifying school districts or county offices of
education.  Each school district or county office of education that
receives a grant shall provide matching funds from any available
source in an amount equal to 50 percent of the cost of the
alternative certification program.  Grants shall be awarded by the
commission for the remaining 50 percent of the cost of the
alternative certification program, but in no event shall the grant
amount awarded to any school district or county office of education
exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per intern per
year, except that the commission may require a lesser local
contribution, or provide a larger grant per intern per year, in
hardship cases.
   (b) As determined by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing,
funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the alternative
certification program may also be made available for expenditure on
the Pre-Internship Teaching Program authorized pursuant to Article
5.6 (commencing with Section 44305) of Chapter 2 of Part 25.
  SEC. 4.  Section 44395 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   44395.  (a) The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Certification Incentive Program is hereby established to award
grants to school districts for the purpose of providing awards to
teachers who are employed by school districts or charter schools, are
assigned to teach in California public schools, and have attained
certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards.  The following awards shall be granted to the extent that
funds have been appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget
Act:
   (1) A teacher attaining national board certification shall be
eligible for a one-time merit award of ten thousand dollars
($10,000), except as specified in paragraph (2).
   (2) In addition to the award specified in subdivision (1),
commencing July 1, 2000, any teacher who has attained certification
from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is
eligible to receive an award of up to twenty thousand dollars
($20,000) if he or she agrees to teach at a low-performing school for
at least four years.  Teaching service before July 1, 2000, may not
be counted towards satisfaction of this four-year commitment.  Awards
granted pursuant to this subdivision shall be disbursed in annual
payments of five thousand dollars ($5,000) over a four-year period.
The annual payment shall be made upon completion of the school year,
and upon approval of a district-certified application pursuant to the
guidelines of subdivision (c) of Section 44396.
   (b) The State Department of Education shall administer the awards
authorized by subdivision (a), and shall develop, in consultation
with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, certification and award
information, criteria, procedures, and applications, all of which
shall be submitted to the State Board of Education for approval.
Amendments requested by the State Board of Education to that
information, criteria, procedures, and applications shall be made
before the dissemination of the material and the granting of any
award under this article.
   (c) The State Department of Education shall distribute the
materials described in subdivision (b) to school districts.  Each
school district is strongly encouraged to ensure that teachers
employed by the district or by charter schools affiliated with the
district are informed about the program and can acquire the necessary
application and information materials.
   (d) School districts are encouraged to provide for adequate
release time and support for a teacher to complete the certification
process.  As a condition to providing that release time and support,
a school district may require that a teacher serve in a mentor
teacher capacity.
   (e) The State Department of Education may provide fee assistance
from funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Program to
defray the fees of teachers seeking certification from the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards.  The State Department of
Education may provide fee assistance of up to one thousand dollars
($1,000) for each teacher, not to exceed a total of two million
dollars ($2,000,000).
   (f) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

   (1) "School district" means school district, county board of
education, county superintendent of schools, a state operated
program, such as a special school, or an education program providing
instruction in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, that
is offered by a state agency, including the California Youth
Authority and the State Department of Developmental Services.
   (2) "Low-performing school" means a school in the bottom half of
all schools based on the Academic Performance Index rankings
established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52056.  This
designation shall be determined as of the date of the agreement by
the teacher in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of this section.
  SEC. 5.  Section 44396 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   44396.  (a) (1) To the extent that funds are available for that
purpose, a teacher who meets the criteria approved by the State Board
of Education pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44395 is
eligible and may apply for an award by following the procedures and
instructions developed pursuant to that subdivision.
   (2) A teacher who attained certification from the National Board
for Professional Teaching Standards before the effective date of the
act adding this section and who was employed by a school district or
charter school and assigned to teach in a California public school on
the date of certification may apply for an award authorized pursuant
to this article if he or she meets all the other requirements for
that award specified by this article.  For awards pursuant to this
subdivision, teaching service before July 1, 2000, may not be counted
toward satisfaction of the teacher's four-year agreement to teach in
a low-performing school.
   (b) Teachers shall submit their applications for an award
authorized by this article to the school district employing them.
Teachers employed by a charter school shall submit their application
through the school district granting the school's charter.
   (c) When a school district receives an application for an award
authorized by this article, it shall certify that the applicant is
employed by the district or a charter school operating under a
charter granted by the school district and that the applicant has met
all the criteria established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
44395.  The school district shall then submit the application to the
State Department of Education for its review and approval.
   (d) The State Department of Education shall approve applications
that meet the criteria established pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 44395. To the extent funds are available, the State
Department of Education shall apportion funds to the appropriate
school districts in the amount of the award authorized by Section
44395 for each approved application.  The school district shall use
funds apportioned to it pursuant to this subdivision to provide the
amount of the award authorized by subdivision (a) of Section 44395 to
each teacher whose application is approved.
  SEC. 6.  Section 44397 of the Education Code is amended and
renumbered to read:
   44398.  Notwithstanding any provision of law except Sections
44332.6, 44340, 44346.1, and 44830.1, a teacher who is licensed to
teach in a state other than California and who is certified by the
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall be issued a
clear teaching credential authorizing the teacher to teach in the
subject area in which the teacher has received national
certification.
  SEC. 7.  Chapter 3.36 (commencing with Section 44735) is added to
Part 25 of the Education Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 3.36.  TEACHING AS A PRIORITY BLOCK GRANT

   44735.  The Teaching As A Priority Block Grant is hereby created
to be administered by the State Department of Education with the
approval of the State Board of Education.  The State Department of
Education shall award block grants to school districts on a
competitive basis to provide incentives to attract credentialed
teachers to be employed and retained in low-performing schools.
   (a) Block grant funds may be used at the discretion of a school
district for teacher recruitment and retention incentives with the
target of reducing the number of teachers on emergency permits.
Incentives shall only be used to hire and retain credentialed
teachers.  Teacher recruitment and retention incentives may include,
but are not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Signing bonuses.
   (2) Improved work conditions.
   (3) Teacher compensation.
   (4) Housing subsidies.
   (b) Funding shall be allocated to school districts on a per pupil
basis for pupils enrolled in schools ranked in the bottom half of the
academic performance index pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with
Section 52051) of Chapter 6.1.  Within the bottom half of the
academic performance index, schools ranked in deciles 1, 2, and 3
shall receive 11/2 times the funding per pupil of schools ranked in
deciles 4 and 5.  No less than the amount of funding generated by
pupils in schools ranked in deciles 1, 2, and 3 shall be expended in
those schools.
   (c) School districts shall apply to the Department of Education on
behalf of their schools.  The district application shall contain
information that is specific to each school.  Applications shall
contain baseline information on the number of teachers with waivers
or emergency credentials at each school in accordance with
subdivision (a).
   (d) School districts that participate in the program established
in this section shall be encouraged to participate in consortia
operated regional recruitment centers pursuant to Section 44751.
   (e) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall
supplement, and not supplant, existing efforts to recruit and retain
fully credentialed teachers in the school district.
   (f) The State Board of Education shall submit an evaluation of the
program created by this chapter to the Legislature by January 1,
2004.
  SEC. 8.  Chapter 3.44 (commencing with Section 44751) is added to
Part 25 of the Education Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 3.44.  TEACHER RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM

   44751.  (a) The Teacher Recruitment Incentive Program is hereby
created, to be administered by the Sacramento County Office of
Education.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allocate
funds appropriated for the purpose of this program to the Sacramento
County Office of Education, which shall allocate those funds as
specified in Section 44751.5.  The Superintendent of Public
Instruction may allocate up to 6 percent of the program funds to the
Sacramento County Office of Education for the costs of administering
the program.
   (b) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
   (1) "Low-performing school" means a school in the bottom half of
the Academic Performance Index rankings established pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 52052 that has applied for participation
in the Immediate Intervention Underperforming Schools Program
established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52053.
   (2) "Regional teacher recruitment center" means an entity operated
by a consortium of school districts that may also include county
offices of education, colleges, universities, or other
community-based organizations.
   44751.5.  The Sacramento County Office of Education shall award,
by January 1, 2001, six grants on a competitive basis to establish
regional teacher recruitment centers.  One region shall serve
northern California.  Two regions shall serve the Los Angeles area.
One region shall serve the Central Valley.  One region shall serve
the Inland Empire.  One region shall serve San Diego and Imperial
Counties.
   44752.  Criteria for awarding the grants shall be established by
the Sacramento County Office of Education, but shall include, at a
minimum, all of the following:
   (a) A plan for collaboration among the consortium members.
   (b) A recruitment plan of highly effective recruitment strategies.

   (c) A focus on recruiting teachers to low-performing schools,
especially those with a teaching staff that has more than 20-percent
emergency permit teachers.
   (d) Active participation in planning and implementation by school
district administrators responsible for certificated personnel.
   (e) The demonstrated need.
   (f) The number of teachers to be hired through recruitment
efforts.
   44752.5.  (a) From funds appropriated for purposes of this
chapter, the Sacramento County Office of Education shall award
incentive grants to qualifying school districts and county offices of
education for the cost of the recruitment plan.
   (b) Grant amounts shall not exceed seven hundred dollars ($700)
multiplied by the number of teachers to be hired through the
recruitment efforts of regional recruitment centers, as identified in
the grant application.
   (c) If fewer teachers are hired as a result of recruitment efforts
by a regional recruitment center than the number of teachers for
which the regional recruitment center was funded pursuant to
subdivision (b), funding provided to the regional recruitment center
in the immediately subsequent fiscal year shall be reduced by an
amount equal to the difference between the number of teachers for
which the regional recruitment center was funded and the number of
teachers who were hired as a result of recruitment efforts by a
regional recruitment center multiplied by the amount per recruit the
center received in the prior year.
   44753.  The Sacramento County Office of Education shall provide
statewide oversight and technical assistance for the regional teacher
recruitment centers and perform the following responsibilities:
   (a) Provide advice to the CalTeach program within the California
State University system regarding the regional media campaign for
recruiting teachers.
   (b) Consult with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing on
delivering technical assistance in credentials counseling through the
regional teacher recruitment centers.
   (c) Develop, publish, and distribute a guide of all available
state-level incentives to attract and retain teachers.
   (d) Report teacher placement data to the appropriate fiscal and
policy committees of the Legislature, the office of the Secretary for
Education, the Department of Finance, the Legislative Analyst's
Office, and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
   (e) Ensure that school districts in consortia funded pursuant to
this article receive first priority for a review of personnel hiring
practices by the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management
Assistance Team conducted with funds appropriated for this purpose in
the annual Budget Act.
   44753.5.  Regional teacher recruitment centers shall perform the
following duties:
   (a) Employ full-time recruiters to recruit teachers and provide
credential and career counseling to prospective teachers.
   (b) Make available information on available state-funded
incentives to potential teachers.
   (c) Conduct college campus and community-based information
sessions on job opportunities in teaching.
   (d) Provide outreach to potential teachers using electronic,
print, radio, and other forms of advertising.
   (e) Screen and distribute applications of prospective teachers to
participating schools.
   (f) Schedule interviews between prospective teachers and school
administrators.
   (g) Refer candidates to teacher preparation and alternative
certification programs.
   (h) Coordinate with the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management
Assistance Team established pursuant to Section 42127.8 on the
provision of technical assistance to school districts in methods to
streamline the hiring process.
   (i) Report regional recruitment data to the Sacramento County
Office of Education as specified in the grant award.
   44754.  School districts, county offices of education, colleges,
universities, and community-based organizations participating in the
Teacher Recruitment Incentive Program are encouraged to include in
their submitted plans a financial commitment to teacher recruitment.

   44754.5.  The Sacramento County Office of Education shall enter
into a contract for an evaluation of the Teacher Recruitment
Incentive Program created pursuant to this chapter and report the
findings of this outside evaluation to the Legislature by January 1,
2004.
  SEC. 9.  Section 69532 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   69532.  Cal Grant Program awards shall be known as "Cal Grant A
awards," "Cal Grant B awards," "Cal Grant C awards," and "Cal Grant T
awards."  The maximum award in each category shall be determined in
the annual Budget Act.
   (a) Cal Grant A awards shall be used only for tuition and student
fees in an instructional program of no less than two academic years.
Commencing as soon as feasible, but no later than the award cycle
that provides awards for the 1999-2000 academic year, the eligibility
criteria for first-time Cal Grant award recipients who are community
college students and transfer to a four-year college or university
shall be no more stringent than the eligibility criteria for other
first-time Cal Grant award recipients attending a four-year college
or university.
   (b) Cal Grant B awards shall be used only for tuition, student
fees, and subsistence costs in an instructional program of no less
than one academic year.  Subsistence costs are living expenses,
transportation, supplies, and books.  Commencing as soon as feasible,
but no later than the award cycle that provides awards for the
1999-2000 academic year, the eligibility criteria for first-time Cal
Grant award recipients who are community college students  and
transfer to a four-year college or university shall be no more
stringent than the eligibility criteria for other first-time Cal
Grant award recipients attending a four-year college or university.
   (c) Cal Grant C awards shall be used only for occupational or
technical training in a course of no less than four months.  There
shall be a minimum of 1,570 new Cal Grant C awards each year.
   (d) Cal Grant T awards shall be used only for tuition and student
fees for a maximum of one academic year of full-time attendance in a
program of professional preparation that has been approved by the
Commission on Teacher Credentialing.  There shall be a minimum of
3,000 new Cal Grant T awards each year.  As a condition of receiving
a Cal Grant T award, a recipient shall teach for one year in a
low-performing school as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 44765
for each two thousand dollar ($2,000) incentive provided pursuant to
Section 69532 through the Cal Grant T Program, for a period not to
exceed four years.  Any recipient who fails to meet his or her
teaching obligation shall repay the Cal Grant T award.
   (e) The California Student Aid Commission shall evaluate the Cal
Grant T Award program from its inception to determine, of the total
number of recipients, the number of recipients who become employed as
public school teachers.  This evaluation shall be reported on an
annual basis to the Governor and the Legislature beginning July 1,
2001.
  SEC. 10.  Section 69612 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   69612.  (a) (1) The Legislature hereby recognizes that there is a
growing shortage of high-quality classroom teachers, and that there
is a need for qualified teachers throughout California.  The
Legislature finds one of the most important elements in a pupil's
success at learning is the quality of the teacher.  The teacher
shortage is most serious in particular subject areas, partly due to
the shortage of students in these fields who enter the teaching
profession.  The Legislature also recognizes that many school
districts have difficulty recruiting and retaining high-quality
teachers for low-performing schools, for pupils with special needs,
for schools serving rural areas or large populations of pupils from
low-income and linguistic minority families, and schools with a high
percentage of teachers holding emergency permits.
   (2) The Legislature finds that the rising costs of higher
education, coupled with a shift in available financial aid from
scholarships and grants to loans, make loan repayment options an
important consideration in a student's decision to pursue a
postsecondary education.  The availability of financial aid and loan
repayment assistance are important considerations for many students,
especially economically
        disadvantaged students, in making their educational
decisions.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Assumption
Program of Loans for Education be designed to encourage persons to
enter into the teaching profession in designated subject matter
shortage areas and in schools serving large populations of pupils
from low-income families, schools serving rural areas, schools with a
high percentage of teachers holding emergency permits, or schools
with any or all of these characteristics.  It is further the intent
of the Legislature in enacting this article to do all of the
following:
   (1) Provide outstanding postsecondary students, particularly
economically disadvantaged students, with the assurance of financial
assistance to encourage them to complete postsecondary education
programs leading to teaching credentials, and to seek employment as
teachers.
   (2) Provide persons who agree to become teacher trainees or
teacher interns in a subject matter shortage area with the assurance
of financial assistance to encourage them to complete the additional
coursework necessary to obtain a teaching credential.
   (3) Identify subject matter areas or schools in which there are
shortages of fully credentialed teachers and provide incentives for
persons to obtain teaching credentials and seek teaching positions in
those areas.
   (4) Identify schools serving rural areas, schools serving large
populations of students from low-income families, or both, and
schools with a high percentage of teachers holding emergency permits,
and provide incentives for persons to obtain teaching credentials
and seek teaching positions in those schools.
   (5) Identify low-performing schools and provide incentives for
persons to obtain teaching credentials and seek teaching positions in
those schools. For the purpose of this article, "low-performing
school" means a school in the bottom half of the Academic Performance
Index rankings established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
52056 at the time that a teacher is hired.
  SEC. 11.  Section 69612.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69612.5.  Commencing with the 2000-01 school year, all persons
eligible to receive conditional warrants for loan assumptions
pursuant to this article shall be persons who need to complete
training or coursework in order to be fully credentialed and who
agree to obtain a credential and teach in a designated subject matter
shortage area or in a school that, at the time that the teacher is
hired, meets any of the following criteria:
   (a) Serves a large population of pupils from low-income families.

   (b) Has a high percentage of teachers holding emergency permits.
   (c) Is a low-performing school.
  SEC. 12.  Section 69613 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   69613.  (a) Any person enrolled in an institution of postsecondary
education participating in the loan assumption program set forth in
this article, or any person who agrees to participate in a teacher
trainee or teacher internship program, may be eligible to receive a
conditional warrant for loan assumption, to be redeemed pursuant to
Section 69613.2 upon becoming employed as a teacher.  In order to be
eligible to receive a loan assumption warrant, an applicant shall
satisfy all of the conditions specified in either subdivision (b) or
(c).
   (b) (1) The applicant has completed at least 60 semester units, or
the equivalent, and is enrolled in an academic program leading to a
baccalaureate degree at a participating institution, or has been
admitted to a program of professional preparation that has been
approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
   (2) The applicant is currently enrolled, or has been admitted to a
program in which he or she will be enrolled on at least a half-time
basis, as determined by the participating institution.  The applicant
shall agree to maintain at least half-time enrollment and to
maintain satisfactory academic progress.
   (3) The applicant has been judged by his or her postsecondary
institution to have outstanding ability on the basis of criteria that
may include, but need not be limited to, any of the following:
   (A) Grade point average.
   (B) Test scores.
   (C) Faculty evaluations.
   (D) Interviews.
   (E) Other recommendations.
   (4) In order to meet the costs associated with obtaining a
baccalaureate degree, or a California teaching credential, the
applicant has received, or is approved to receive, a loan under one
or more of the following designated loan programs:
   (A) The Federal Family Education Loan Program (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1071
et seq.).
   (B) Any loan program approved by the Student Aid Commission.
   (5) The applicant has agreed to teach in a public school in this
state for at least four consecutive academic years after obtaining a
teaching credential.
   (c) (1) The applicant holds a baccalaureate degree and agrees to
participate in a teacher trainee program or teacher internship
program, or is a person who will continue to be employed full time in
a field other than teaching while completing the necessary
coursework for a teaching credential, or is a noncredentialed
teaching paraprofessional, as described in Section 44323, who will
continue to serve as a teaching paraprofessional while completing the
necessary coursework for a California teaching credential.
   (2) (A) The applicant is enrolled in, or has been admitted to, a
participating institution and agrees to maintain satisfactory
academic progress in an academic program leading to a baccalaureate
degree or in a program of professional preparation that has been
approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the
applicant satisfies the conditions specified in paragraphs (3), (4),
and (5) of subdivision (b).
   (B) No applicant who has completed fewer than 60 units, or the
equivalent, shall be eligible under this subdivision to participate
in the loan assumption program set forth in this article.
   (d) The warrants distributed each year pursuant to subdivisions
(b) and (c) at each participating institution shall be awarded by
that institution to applicants who meet the criteria specified in
Section 69612.5 and agree to teach in a designated shortage area or
any of the types of schools that meet the criteria listed in that
section.  The warrant shall remain valid even if the subject area
under which an applicant became eligible for a warrant ceases to be a
designated shortage field by the time the applicant becomes a
teacher.
   (e) A person participating in the program pursuant to this section
shall not receive more than one warrant.
   (f) The Student Aid Commission shall adopt rules and regulations
regarding the reallocation of warrants where a participating
institution is unable to utilize its allocated warrants or is unable
to distribute them within a reasonable period of time.
  SEC. 13.  Section 69613.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69613.1.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall furnish
the Student Aid Commission with all of the following:
   (a) Commencing January 1, 1990, and every January 1 thereafter, a
list of teaching fields that have the most critical shortage of
teachers.  The superintendent shall review this list annually and
revise the list as he or she deems necessary.
   (b) A list of schools that serve a large population of pupils from
low-income families, as designated for purposes of the Perkins Loan
Program, or according to other standards the superintendent deems
appropriate.
   (c) Commencing January 31, 2001, and every January 1, thereafter,
a list of schools with a high percentage of teachers holding
emergency permits.  The list shall be established according to
criteria determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
   (d) Commencing January 31, 2000, and every January 1, thereafter,
a list of schools serving rural areas.  The list shall be established
according to standards deemed appropriate by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction.
   (e) Commencing January 31, 2001, and every January 1, thereafter,
a list of low-performing schools.
  SEC. 14.  Section 69613.3 of the Education Code is repealed.
  SEC. 15.  Section 69613.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69613.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 69612.5 and 69614, for the
purposes of the recruitment of teachers from outside California, the
commission may distribute warrants to school districts to be awarded
to out-of-state teachers who fulfill the terms of Section 69613.4.  A
teacher who receives a warrant pursuant to this subdivision shall
hold a valid teaching credential, in the subject area of the
California teaching position, from the state in which he or she
resides.
   (b) The commission shall adopt rules and regulations regarding the
allocation of warrants to school districts pursuant to this section.

  SEC. 16.  Section 69613.55 of the Education Code is repealed.
  SEC. 17.  Section 69613.6 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69613.6.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if a program
participant fails to complete a minimum of four consecutive school
years of classroom instruction as required by this article, under the
terms of the agreement pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b)
of Section 69613, the participant shall assume full liability for all
student loan obligations remaining after the commission's assumption
of loan liability for the last year of qualifying teaching service
pursuant to Section 69613.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a program participant
becomes unable to complete one of the four consecutive years of
teaching service due to serious illness, pregnancy, or other natural
causes, the participant shall receive a deferral of the resumption of
full liability for the loan for a period not to exceed one calendar
year.
  SEC. 18.  Section 69614 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   69614.  (a) The Student Aid Commission shall distribute program
information and student applications to participate in the loan
assumption program to all school districts and county offices of
education operating a district intern program pursuant to Section
44381 and postsecondary institutions eligible to participate in state
and federal financial aid programs and having a program of
professional preparation that has been approved by the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing.  Each eligible institution shall receive at
least one application, and the remainder shall be distributed to
eligible institutions proportionate to the number of teaching
candidates from each institution who were fully credentialed during
the previous year.  In addition, the Student Aid Commission shall
reexamine its outreach and marketing strategies to inform both
potential undergraduates and persons employed outside of academia
about the availability and benefits of the loan assumption program.
To this end, the commission shall enlist the advice and support of
the California Center on Teaching Careers, the University of
California, the California State University, the Association of
Independent California Colleges and Universities, and private
employers and their associations throughout the state.
   (b) Each participating institution shall sign an institutional
agreement with the commission, certifying its intent to administer
the loan assumption program according to all applicable published
rules, regulations, and guidelines, and to make special efforts to
notify students regarding the availability of the program,
particularly  economically disadvantaged students.
   (c) To the extent feasible, each participating institution shall
coordinate the loan assumption program with other existing programs
designed to recruit or encourage students to enter the teaching
profession.  These programs may include, but need not be limited to,
student internships in school districts, courses that provide early
exploratory or field work experience in elementary or secondary
schools, and work-study employment in elementary or secondary
schools.
  SEC. 19.  Section 69615.4 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69615.4.  The commission shall report annually to the Legislature
regarding all of the following, on the basis of sex, age, and
ethnicity:
   (a) The total number of warrants awarded.
   (b) The number of warrants allocated each to juniors, seniors,
students enrolled in teacher training programs, and persons who agree
to enroll in teacher trainee programs or teacher internship
programs.
   (c) The number of warrants awarded to applicants who pursue a
credential in a subject matter shortage area.
   (d) The number of warrants awarded to applicants who agree to
teach in schools with a high ratio of pupils from low-income families
and low-performing schools.
   (e) The number of warrants awarded to applicants who agree to
teach in schools serving rural areas.
   (f) The number of warrants awarded to applicants who agree to
teach in schools with a high percentage of teachers holding emergency
permits.
   (g) The number of warrants that are redeemed by the initial
recipients.
  SEC. 20.  Section 69615.6 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   69615.6.  (a) Beginning no later than the 1986-87 school year, and
each school year thereafter up to and including the 1997-98 school
year, the commission shall issue warrants for the assumption of up to
500 student loans for program participants eligible under this
article.
   (b) For the 1998-99 school year, the commission shall issue
warrants for the assumption of up to 4,500 student loans for program
participants eligible under this article.
   (c) For the 1999-2000 school year the commission shall issue
warrants for the assumption of up to 5,500 student loans for program
participants eligible under this article.
   (d) Commencing with the 2000-01 school year, and each school year
thereafter, the following shall apply:
   (1) The commission shall issue warrants for the assumption of up
to 6,500 student loans for program participants eligible under this
article.
   (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of 6,500 warrants set forth in
paragraph (1), the commission shall issue warrants in a quantity
determined by the Governor and the Legislature in the annual Budget
Act for the assumption of student loans.
   (3) Notwithstanding Sections 69613.5 and 69614, up to 100 of the
6,500 warrants issued pursuant to this subdivision may be issued for
the assumption of student loans for applicants who agree to teach in
school districts serving rural areas.
   (e) The issuance of warrants shall be subject to funding to be
provided in the Budget Act for each fiscal year.
  SEC. 21.  Article 21 (commencing with Section 70000) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 42 of the Education Code, to read:

      Article 21.  Governor's Teaching Fellowships

   70000.  (a) The Governor's Teaching Fellowships Program is hereby
established to be administered by the Chancellor's office of the
California State University.  The chancellor's office shall
collaborate with the University of California, the California
Community Colleges, the Association of Independent California
Colleges and Universities, the State Department of Education, and the
Commission on Teacher Credentialing to ensure that access to the
fellowships is available to students in a variety of teaching
preparation programs.
   (b) In January 2001, 250 nonrenewable graduate teaching
fellowships in the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) each
shall be awarded, with funds disbursed one-half in January 2001 and
one-half in September 2001.
   (c) Beginning in the 2001-02 fiscal year, 1,000 nonrenewable,
graduate teaching fellowships in the amount of twenty thousand
dollars ($20,000) each shall be awarded annually.
   (d) The fellowship award may be used to defer tuition for a
teacher certification program at any accredited postsecondary
institution in California and for living expenses while enrolled in
that program.
   70001.  (a) The Chancellor's office of the California State
University shall have the following duties:
   (1) Developing an application process that establishes a
merit-based fellowship program for graduate students who agree to
teach at a low-performing school for four years.
   (2) Establishing a broad and effective outreach effort to promote
the availability and the merits of the fellowship program.
   (3) Conducting the selection process for fellowship applicants.
   (4) Collaborating with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to
develop and implement a system for monitoring program participants
through the completion of their four-year teaching obligation.
   (5) Determining the criteria for selecting teaching fellowship
candidates.  The criteria shall include, at a minimum, all of the
following:
   (A) Previous academic and employment record.
   (B) A demonstrated commitment to serve in a low-performing school.

   (C) Faculty and employer evaluations.
   (D) Interviews.
   (E) Letters of recommendation.
   (b) For the purposes of this article, a "low-performing school" is
a school in the bottom half of the Academic Performance Index
rankings established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 52056.
If a school meets this criteria at the time a teacher is hired,
continued employment of the teacher at that school fulfills the
commitment made by the teacher, even if the school improves its rank
on the Academic Performance Index.
   70002.  An intersegmental review committee is hereby established
to review all applications for the Governor's Teaching Fellowships.
The committee shall recommend teaching fellowship candidates to the
Chancellor's office of the California State University.  The
committee shall consist of 12 members, appointed by the Governor to a
term of four years, based on recommendations as follows:
   (a) The Chancellor of the California State University shall
recommend six members.  Two shall be faculty members.  One shall be
an administrator from higher education.  One shall be an
administrator from a school maintaining kindergarten or any of grades
1 to 12, inclusive.  Two shall be teachers from schools maintaining
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
   (b) The President of the University of California shall recommend
three members.  One shall be a faculty member.  One shall be an
administrator from either higher education or schools maintaining
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.  One shall be an
elementary or secondary teacher.
   (c) The Chair of the Association of Independent California
Colleges and Universities shall recommend three members.  One shall
be a faculty member.  One shall be an administrator from either
higher education or schools maintaining kindergarten or any of grades
1 to 12, inclusive.  One shall be an elementary or secondary
teacher.
   70003.  (a) A fellowship recipient shall agree to teach in a
low-performing school for four years and shall have four years, upon
completion of his or her preparation program, to meet that
obligation.  Except as provided in subdivision (c), a fellowship
recipient shall agree to repay the state five thousand dollars
($5,000) annually for each year the recipient fails to complete
either the teacher preparation program or the required teaching
service, up to full repayment of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
   (b) Nonperformance of the commitment to teach in a low-performing
school for four years shall be certified by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing to the chancellor's office.
   (c) Any exceptions to the requirement for repayment shall be
defined by the chancellor's office.
   70004.  The Trustees of the California State University shall
provide an annual report, for each higher education institution, on
the number of fellows receiving funding, the number of fellows
completing programs, and the place of employment for each candidate.

   70005.  (a) The Chancellor's office of the California State
University shall adopt any rules and regulations it deems necessary
for the administration of this section and the recovery of funds it
determines are owed to the state.  The rules and regulations adopted
by the chancellor's office pursuant to this section shall also
include a provision authorizing the chancellor's office to seek a
civil penalty on a recipient of funds under this program, in an
amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per year for each
year that the recipient of funds is determined by the Commission on
Teacher Credentialing to have failed to fulfill his or her obligation
to teach in a low-performing school.
   (b) Any moneys derived from the assessment of penalties pursuant
to this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
  SEC. 22.  This act shall become operative only if Senate Bill 1330
of the 1999-2000 Regular Session is chaptered.
  SEC. 23.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to implement the Budget Act of 2000 with respect to the
public schools and institutions of higher education, it is necessary
that this act take effect immediately.
